Today in In re Cree, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Bryson, J.), as part of an affirmance of a Board affirmance of a rejection in an ex parte reexamination proceeding, ...
Colonel Marksteiner on April 18, 2016, assumes the position as the Circuit Executive and Clerk of Court of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. His impressive ...
This Friday the Court is expected to vote whether to grant certiorari in this important design patent case where the first Question Presented poses the question: “Where a design patent ...
Congratulations to Prof. Ragavan, who has now accepted a position as Professor of Law on the faculty of the Texas A&M School of Law. The school has a heightened awareness ...
The recent U.S. News survey shows that four of the five D.C. area law schools with patent programs are ranked in the Intellectual Property specialty category. Significance of the IP ...
President Obama has named the Hon. Merrick B. Garland, Chief Judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, to take the Supreme Court seat ...
Some Federal Circuit decisions manifest an unfamiliarity with the fast pace of statutory changes in the patent law. One case in particular has attracted some attention. See Dynamic Drinkware, LLC ...
In Top Ten No. (7) Samsung Electronics v. Apple, the Court has scheduled a secondConference for a vote whether to grant certiorari . Scope of Design Patent: The first Question ...
The Top Five patent filing countries, including patent, utility model and design patents as to original filings (i.e., excluding § 120 refilings and RCE’s) are: No. (1) China 2,350,000 No. ...
Yesterday in Bamberg v. Dalvey, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Hughes, J.), following Tronzo v. Biomet, Inc., 156 F.3d 1154 (Fed. Cir. 1998), the court narrowed the scope of the invention ...